VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

• Main Authors: TANAKA JUNICHI, KAMEI TAKEHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.09.2019
• Subjects: LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING

To provide a vehicle body structure of a vehicle which can improve the support rigidity of a suspension at a vehicle body as a whole.SOLUTION: A front vehicle-width direction annular vehicle body skeleton FWC having a substantially-annular shape in a vehicle width direction is constituted of a front sub-frame 66, a suspension tower reinforcing member 65b and a cowl box 62 in the vicinity of a suspension tower 65 which is arranged in front of a vehicle rather than a side door opening Es of the vehicle, a fore-and-aft direction annular vehicle body skeleton SLC is constituted along the side door opening Es, and there are arranged a cowl side frame 64 for connecting an upper end of a hinge pillar 45 constituting the fore-and-aft direction annular vehicle body skeleton SLC, and the outside of the suspension tower 65 in the vehicle width direction, and side panels 71 connected to both end parts of the cowl box 62 in the vehicle width direction, and connected to the suspension tower 65.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】車体全体でサスペンションの支持剛性を向上させることができる車両の車体構造の提供を目的とする。【解決手段】フロントサブフレーム６６と、サスタワー補強部材６５ｂと、カウルボックス６２とで車両のサイドドア開口Ｅｓよりも車両前方に配設されたサスペンションタワー６５の近傍に車幅方向において略環状となるフロント車幅方向環状車体骨格ＦＷＣが構成されるとともに、サイドドア開口Ｅｓに沿って前後方向環状車体骨格ＳＬＣが構成され、前後方向環状車体骨格ＳＬＣを構成するヒンジピラー４５の上端とサスペンションタワー６５の車幅方向外側とを車両前後方向に連結するカウルサイドフレーム６４と、カウルボックス６２における車幅方向の両端部に接続されるとともに、サスペンションタワー６５に連結される側部パネル７１とが備えられた。【選択図】図３